Helpdesk migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Infoset and Gorgias. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Gorgias.
Infoset
Source
Gorgias
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Infoset and Gorgias.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Migrating from Infoset to Gorgias is primarily a support-desk data consolidation, though Infoset's broader CRM and sales pipeline footprint requires careful decomposition. Infoset stores multi-channel conversation threads (email, chat, social) with channel-type attributes; Gorgias stores these as Tickets with embedded message records that carry channel metadata. We extract conversation threads from Infoset's unified model, split them by channel at migration time, and write them into Gorgias Tickets with the correct channel tag so agents see the same conversation context they had in Infoset. Infoset's chat history retention cap of 3 months on standard tier means we schedule extraction before the retention window closes and flag any conversations already outside that window. Call recordings require binary download and re-attachment in Gorgias. We do not migrate Infoset automations, outbound campaign triggers, or chat widgets as code; we deliver a written inventory of these objects with Gorgias equivalents so your admin rebuilds them post-migration. Reports and dashboards are platform-specific and do not migrate.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Infoset object lands in Gorgias, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Infoset
Ticket
Gorgias
Ticket
1:1Infoset tickets map 1:1 to Gorgias tickets. We preserve ticket ID as Gorgias external_id for cross-reference, maintain Status (Infoset status maps to Gorgias ticket_status), Priority, and Assignee. The Infoset conversation thread is decomposed by message: each Infoset message record becomes a Gorgias Ticket message with channel metadata (email, chat, social) carried forward so agents see the correct channel indicator in Gorgias.
Infoset
Contact
Gorgias
Customer
1:1Infoset contacts map to Gorgias customers with standard field mapping: name, email, phone, and company link migrate directly. We map company association to Gorgias customer-company linkage. Any custom contact properties from Infoset map to Gorgias custom fields on the Customer object (Ticket and Customer are the only objects in Gorgias that support custom fields).Infoset contact language and timezone properties map to Gorgias customer language and timezone fields.
Infoset
Company
Gorgias
Customer (company role)
lossyInfoset companies map to Gorgias customer records with the company role flag set. Gorgias does not have a separate Company/Account object; companies are represented as Customers with a company type designation. We create the company-type Customer record first, then link the associated contact-type Customer records to it via the customer_company relation.
Infoset
Agent / User
Gorgias
Agent
1:1Infoset agent profiles map to Gorgias agents by email match. We run owner reconciliation before record import: any Infoset agent without a matching Gorgias user account goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Agent role and permission levels from Infoset map to Gorgias agent permission groups.
Infoset
Conversation Thread (Email)
Gorgias
Ticket + Message (channel: email)
1:1Infoset email conversation threads are split into a Gorgias ticket with the channel field set to email. Each message within the thread becomes a Gorgias message record preserving sender, recipient, timestamp, and body. Inline attachments in email threads are extracted and re-attached to the corresponding Gorgias message records.
Infoset
Conversation Thread (Chat)
Gorgias
Ticket + Message (channel: chat)
1:1Infoset chat conversation threads migrate to Gorgias tickets with channel set to chat. We flag any chat messages falling outside the Infoset 3-month retention window before extraction and report the gap in the migration scope. Chat messages within the active retention window migrate with full timestamp, participant, and message content preserved. Chat file attachments (images, uploads) transfer as message attachments in Gorgias.
Infoset
Conversation Thread (Social)
Gorgias
Ticket + Message (channel: social)
1:1Infoset social channel conversations (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X) migrate to Gorgias tickets with the correct social channel indicator. We map the Infoset social channel type to Gorgias's supported social channel mappings (Facebook, Instagram). Message content, timestamps, and attachments preserve across the migration.
Infoset
Call Log
Gorgias
Ticket + Message (channel: phone)
lossyInfoset cloud call center records (call duration, IVR path, queue name, disposition) migrate to Gorgias tickets with channel set to phone. Call recordings are downloaded as binary blobs from Infoset and re-attached as file attachments to the corresponding Gorgias ticket message. Call metadata (duration, disposition, recording URL reference) maps to custom fields on the Gorgias ticket if the customer has configured phone ticket fields.
Infoset
Help Center Article
Gorgias
Help Center Article
1:1Infoset knowledge base articles export with full content, publication status, and category hierarchy. We map article content to Gorgias Help Center articles preserving title, body (rich text with inline images), and category assignment. Category hierarchy from Infoset translates to Gorgias Help Center categories and sections. Publication status (published, draft) migrates so that draft articles remain unpublished in Gorgias until the customer's admin is ready to publish.
Infoset
Macro / Automation
Gorgias
Macro (documented, not migrated)
lossyInfoset macros and automations (ticket routing rules, auto-responses, outbound campaign triggers) are documented in a written inventory we deliver during migration handoff. The trigger conditions, actions, and routing logic are catalogued with Gorgias macro equivalents so the customer's admin rebuilds them in Gorgias Rules or Macros post-migration. Automated trigger-and-action logic does not transfer as code because the platforms use incompatible automation models.
Infoset
Mail Account
Gorgias
Mailbox Configuration
lossyInfoset connected mail accounts map to Gorgias mailbox configurations. We flag cases where the source Infoset plan limits mail account count (1 on basic, 3 on professional) and alert the customer where the number of mail accounts requires plan adjustment before or after migration. Mail routing rules from Infoset are documented separately for the admin to recreate in Gorgias routing settings.
Infoset
Chat Widget
Gorgias
Chat Widget (documented, not migrated)
lossyInfoset chat widget configurations are documented in a written inventory delivered during handoff. Gorgias uses a single unified chat widget with brand-level theming rather than multiple independent widget instances. The customer maps each Infoset chat widget deployment to a Gorgias chat widget configuration and decides whether to consolidate multiple brand widgets into one or configure separate channels within the Gorgias widget. This is a manual rebuild step for the customer's admin.
| Infoset | Gorgias | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket | Ticket1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Customer1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Customer (company role)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Agent / User | Agent1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Conversation Thread (Email) | Ticket + Message (channel: email)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Conversation Thread (Chat) | Ticket + Message (channel: chat)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Conversation Thread (Social) | Ticket + Message (channel: social)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Call Log | Ticket + Message (channel: phone)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Help Center Article | Help Center Article1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Macro / Automation | Macro (documented, not migrated)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Mail Account | Mailbox Configurationlossy | Fully supported | |
| Chat Widget | Chat Widget (documented, not migrated)lossy | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Infoset gotchas
Chat history 3-month retention window on standard tier
Mail account limits by plan tier
Chat widget count constrained by plan tier
Gorgias gotchas
AI Agent adds outcome-based fees on top of billable ticket costs
Overage billing for tickets scales nonlinearly
API rate limits restrict bulk export throughput
Agent data visibility cannot be restricted by role for GDPR use cases
Knowledge Base translations require separate API calls per locale
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and retention window audit
We audit the source Infoset account across plan tier, active ticket volume, contact and company counts, conversation history age (to map against the 3-month retention window), mail account count, active chat widget configurations, knowledge base article count and category hierarchy, and active automations. We also identify whether deal records exist and whether they are support-relevant or sales-specific. The discovery output is a written migration scope with record counts per object, retention gap analysis for chat history, and a Gorgias plan recommendation based on expected post-migration ticket volume.
Schema preparation and custom field pre-creation
We create custom fields in Gorgias for any Infoset custom properties that map to the Ticket or Customer object before any data import begins. Gorgias requires custom fields to exist before they can be populated during import. We deploy custom field definitions via Gorgias API or admin interface, set field types to match (boolean, number, text, date), and configure any required field flags. For Infoset custom properties on deal or company records that cannot map to Gorgias, we document them in the discovery output and confirm the customer's chosen strategy before migration proceeds.
Agent reconciliation and mailbox mapping
We extract every distinct Infoset agent and owner referenced on tickets, contacts, and conversation records and match by email against the Gorgias destination's agent list. Agents without a matching Gorgias account go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Simultaneously, we map Infoset connected mail accounts to Gorgias mailbox configurations, flagging any mail account that exceeds the target Gorgias plan's mailbox limit so the customer can upgrade or consolidate before migration.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Gorgias sandbox or staging account using production-like data volume. The customer's support operations lead reconciles record counts (tickets in, customers in, messages in, articles in), spot-checks 25-50 random tickets against the Infoset source for field accuracy, and validates that channel indicators (email, chat, social, phone) appear correctly in Gorgias. Any mapping corrections happen in this phase before production migration begins.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: agents (validated), customer records (company-type then contact-type with linkage), ticket records (with channel metadata, external_id cross-reference, and custom fields populated), message records (decomposed from Infoset conversation threads), call recordings (binary re-attachment), and knowledge base articles (with category hierarchy). Chat history is extracted first among active conversations to ensure no records expire during the migration window. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation handoff
We freeze Infoset writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records created or modified during the migration window, then enable Gorgias as the system of record. We deliver the automation and macro inventory document to the customer's admin team with Gorgias macro and Rules equivalents documented for each Infoset automation. Chat widget configurations are documented separately for the admin to configure in Gorgias. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Infoset automations or chat widgets as code inside the migration scope.
Platform deep dives
Infoset
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Gorgias
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard Helpdesk migration. 3 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Infoset and Gorgias.
Object compatibility
3 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Infoset: Not publicly documented in the OpenAPI spec — confirmed with the vendor at scoping..
Data volume sensitivity
Infoset exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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